Christopher Nolan's WWII Movie 'Dunkirk' Looks Intense AF

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan is in an enviable position. He made movie studio Warner Bros. a few billion dollars a couple of times over with the still-incredible Dark Knight Trilogy and now, he can basically do whatever he wants. Apparently, what Nolan wants is a gritty, washed out World War II movie.

After The Dark Knight Rises, Nolan turned to the personal space epic Interstellar in 2014. Since then, we haven’t heard much from him, but it looks like he’s launching himself back into Oscar contention with the decidedly more grounded World War II drama Dunkirk. Our first look at the film is an unbelievably gorgeous new teaser, which already could make it one of the most anticipated films of 2017.

Nolan shot the film using IMAX cameras, his preferred large film format, and it looks to be the right decision. The beautiful landscapes of the French beachside are contrasted with the film’s brutal subject matter: the 1940 evacuation of British troops trying to escape Nazi-occupied France.

The somber trailer — whose only sound is the tide, the ticking of a clock, and an unseen incoming German bomber — sets an artful tone to what will most likely be one of Nolan’s biggest films yet.

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